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Author Topic:   Trolls and Trolling
Trixie
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Message 6 of 37 (455172)
02-11-2008 6:20 AM
Reply to: Message 5 by RAZD
02-10-2008 11:33 PM


Re: bump for Trixie
Morning RAZD!
Yeah, I know feeding the trolls isn't always a good idea, the reason I continued with Hill Billy to that point was that I like to give the benefit of the doubt. If they really are a troll they'll damn themselves before long. I think Hill Billy has achieved that and it gave me a chuckle. It also put paid to the whole premise of the thread. The next time accusations of Evolutionists' superiority is brought up, we can just link to that.
Having said that, there can be times when people unfamiliar with the internet and the history of trolling do something that starts the troll warning flags waving, yet they have no intention of being a troll. If trip-trapping over the wooden bridge manages to expose this as innocent then it's worth the risk.
I've seen the havoc wreaked by trolls and the viciousness with which they do it - they're the type of people who pull the wings off flies and set fire to kittens just because they can. I came to that conclusion based previous experience of trolls and reading around on your troll link (thanks for that, it was really informative, gave me examples I hadn't come across before).
Our troll was very sneaky in the way it was done - open a thread about how dismissive evolutionists are, behave like a troll, get dismissed and then point out how this proves the initial premise of the OP.
I agree that we should deal with trolls the way we always have, ignore them, but once in a while one comes along that is worth feeding - give 'em enough rope and all that.
Also, I've been desperate to use that phrase for years and this seemed the right time. That's one of life's ambitions fulfilled and I can face the day (even though it can't face me - it's hiding behind a blanket of fog at the moment) with a smile on my face and a little contented feeling inside. Sometimes trolls have their uses, just ask my small son who can't understand why mummy is in such a good mood this morning!

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Trixie
Member (Idle past 3706 days)
Posts: 1011
From: Edinburgh
Joined: 01-03-2004


Message 10 of 37 (455366)
02-12-2008 5:58 AM
Reply to: Message 8 by pelican
02-11-2008 10:30 PM


Re: bump for Trixie
I'm not referring to you but to another troll

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Trixie
Member (Idle past 3706 days)
Posts: 1011
From: Edinburgh
Joined: 01-03-2004


Message 22 of 37 (455749)
02-13-2008 4:13 PM
Reply to: Message 20 by RAZD
02-13-2008 12:10 PM


Re: civil disobedience should serve a purpose
I've never disagreed with oyu in the past, but I totally disagree with what you say here
I think the standard is pretty easy: keep your posts on topic, support your debate with additional information when needed, don't add to problems.
You may think the standard is pretty easy, but it seems to me that many of our "non-evolutionist" posters are not willing or able to do this and they are not being sanctioned. At the same time, many of us old-timers are trying to carry on with business as usual, yet we continually hit our head against a brick wall of dishonest debating. Yes, you're right that it stops hurting when you stop doing it, so maybe some of us should just stop.

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